[ic] flag type=write question

[Ethan Rowe]

David Ratte wrote:

>I'm still working on trying to get sql-ledger working with Interchange (I know 
>some have done this before, but not well documented)
>
>IC Version 5.2
>
>My current problem is that when I try to create a new account for a user 
>(login / create new account) the page comes back with errors (but nothing 
>hilighted in red as stated for required fields)
>
>from error.log
>..sitedir../process Attempt to set slice of  in read-only table customer
>
>ok, so I know that I need to stick in a [flag type=write table=customer] but 
>the big question is where (what file) should this go in?
>
>Thanks,
>-Dave Ratte
>
>  
>
I don't know anything specific to SQL-Ledger; however:

When you're using GDBM-style tables for your data under Interchange, you 
need to use the [tag flag=write table=<some_table>] within the page that 
tries to add data to that table before *any* other access to that table 
occurs.

Thus, wherever it is that you call the [userdb function=new_account] tag 
to create the new account, you need to ensure that the [tag] occurs 
prior to that.  If you're doing the account creation from within an 
mv_click action or something like that, you need to put the [tag] call 
within that action, as that action will process before anything on the 
resulting page that provides output to the user.

Hope this is helpful.
- Ethan

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Ethan Rowe
End Point Corporation
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